Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Banking and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which rose 4.20% or 0.44 points to trade at 10.92 at the close. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) added 2.83% or 1.62 points to end at 58.89 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 1.46% or 0.17 points to 11.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which lost 3.32% or 1.67 points to trade at 48.63 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 3.29% or 2.36 points to end at 69.34 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 2.76% or 9.95 points to 351.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 311 to 261 and 177 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.44% or 0.78 to $53.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.22% or 0.69 to hit $55.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1256.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.06% to 4.3105, while USD/PLN fell 0.31% to 4.0610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 100.95.